Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose

1990 single by Dwight Yoakam

"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"

Single by Dwight Yoakam

from the album If There Was a Way

B-side

"Since I Started Drinkin' Again"

Released

September 26, 1990

Recorded

1990

Genre

Country

Length

3:23

Label

Reprise

Songwriter(s)

Kostas, Wayland Patton

Producer(s)

Pete Anderson

Dwight Yoakam singles chronology

"Long White Cadillac"
(1989)

"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"
(1990)

"You're the One"
(1991)

"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" is a song written by Kostas and Wayland Patton, and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in September 1990 as the lead-off single from his album If There Was a Way. It peaked at #11 in the United States, and #5 in Canada.^[1]

Content

The narrator has lost a former lover, and her memory won't leave his mind, so he requests that the music be turned on with the volume up as it will help him forget her.

Music video

The music video was directed by Steve Vaughan.

Chart performance

Chart (1990-1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	5
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	83

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1415." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 19, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
^ "Dwight Yoakam Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.